In case you didn’t know, last November we moved from a top floor flat in Edinburgh to a modest house in a small village outside Edinburgh - it could be described as semi rural (by British standards!).
The move itself was as smooth as house moves get. We bought the house at the [...]

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It’s been another busy week here. It all started on Thursday…
Bugs
Erin and Alex both caught stomach bugs, and between them spent Thursday through to Sunday being sick. Erin having one final(?) bout on Tuesday. I’ve never seen so much sicky clothing and bedding, I was using the bathroom as a quarantine area [...]

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The final part (or is it…)

10. Donations
I’ve never tried taking donations myself, but I know plenty of blogs that do. It’s pretty simple to implement, simply head over to paypal and grab one of their donation buttons. A reader can then click the button and transfer a ‘donation’ from their paypal account [...]

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Nearly there, this series has felt like a bit of a marathon but it’s nice to get everything I’ve learned onto paper (virtual paper). On with part nine then…

9. Private Reviews
This combines two of the methods we’ve already discussed - the automated system and product reviews.
Simply add another option for a [...]

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In the Night Garden has made the BBC £10.8 million in five months.
I think we may be accountable for about a million of that, we currently own the Iggle Piggle Doll, the Upsy Daisy Doll, Upsy Daisy slippers, three picture books, one In the Night Garden story book, one jigsaw, pack of themed playing cards, [...]

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I’ve just been reading a news article on Raising Kids - Do Kids Start School too Early?
Well my view on that is yes, but what really caught my eye were the comments by Steve Sinnot of The National Union of Teachers and the Goverment respectively.

Uniquely, England is a country where testing is used to police [...]

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I’m writing this post as a blogging friend emailed me to check I was ok, It’s been 2 weeks without a postng - and to be fair, that is pretty unusual for me.
So what have I been doing?
Well firstly my brother and his fiancee came to visit us. We hadn’t seen them for six [...]

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